Itinerary
Distance: 10km
Time: 4hrs
Pick up from your hotel in Nairobi at 7am to Chogoria town for an early lunch. After lunch, take a 4x4WD vehicle to the forest clearance, 10km from where the walk starts. You will walk for 10km through the montane forest, bamboo, and giant heather zone along the dirt. Also hiking through the high altitude moorland to reach Lake Ellis camp at 3450m in 4hrs.
Dinner and overnight: lake ellis campMeal plan: full board
Distance: 9km
Time: 3hrs to 4hrs
After breakfast follow the track through giant heather and forest up to Chogoria road head from where the path drops to cross a stream. Then it follows the broad ridge to the east of the gorges valley to reach Mintos Hut, 4200m.
Dinner and overnight: Mintos Hut
Meal plan: full board
Distance: 23km
Time: 8hrs to 9hrs
Early morning around 3:00 am be ready for tea and biscuits and ready to start to attempt to point lenana which is 4,985 meter above sea level. After that will decent down to shiptons camp for a full breakfast and then continue to go down to old Moses camp for dinner and overnight 3,300 meter above sea level.
Dinner and overnight: old moses camp
Meal plan: full board
Distance: 9km
Time: 3hrs
After breakfast we have to continue to walk down to the sirimon park gate, where we will get the transfer to go to the town Nanyuki ending of your trip.
